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FBI El Paso Tech Tuesday: Protecting Against Charity Fraud

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FBI News:

EL PASO, Texas — The FBI El Paso Division is warning the public about charity fraud, where scammers set up fake charities to take advantage of your kindness and line their pockets.

While these scams can occur at any time, they are especially prevalent after damaging events like hurricanes, flash floods and forest fires.

Legitimate charities aid communities affected by these events, but the scammer competes with these legitimate charities to divert your donations away from those who need it most, and back to the fake charity’s creator.

Charity fraud scams can come in many forms:

  • Emails;
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State Police To Hold Checkpoints And Saturation Patrols In Counties Across New Mexico In September 2023

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NMSP News:

State Police will be conducting sobriety checkpoints, saturation patrols, and registration, insurance, and driver’s license checkpoints in all New Mexico counties during the month of September 2023.

We are bringing awareness to these events to reduce impaired driving-related fatalities through continued media attention and intensive advertising.

These checkpoints are helping to change society’s attitude about driving while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs.

Hundreds of lives could be saved each year if every driver had the courage to  make the right Read More

FBI: Gallup Man Pleads Guilty To Distribution And Possession Of Child Pornography

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced Monday that Ervinson Yazzie pleaded guilty to one count each of distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct and possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

Yazzie, 34, of Gallup, will remain on conditions of release pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

According to court documents, Read More

FBI: Fruitland Man Gets 3 Years In Prison For Assault

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced Wednesday that Anderson Buck was sentenced to 37 months in prison.

Buck, 40, of Fruitland, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pled guilty to assault resulting in serious bodily injury on April 28, 2023.

According to court documents, Nov. 17, 2022, Buck and his girlfriend, Jane Doe, were driving around the area of Nenahnezad and were both heavily inebriated. Jane Doe drank to the point of passing Read More

New Mexico State Police Opens New Office In Santa Fe

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New Mexico Department of Public Safety final rendering of new district state police office. Courtesy/NMSP

NMSP News:

SANTA FE — The Department of Public Safety inaugurated a new district state police office in Santa Fe Wednesday. “Public safety is our most important function of government,” Lt. Gov. Howie Morales, who participated in the ribbon cutting and building dedication.

“This new district office reflects progress and investment in our state, which is vital for protecting all New Mexicans,” Morales said.

“Achieving the mission of the Department of Public Safety requires improvement,” Read More

FBI: Nageezi Man Gets 17.5 Years For 2nd-Degree Murder

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced that Evan Haceesa was sentenced to 17 years six months in prison.

Haceesa, 29, of Nageezi, New Mexico, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, pled guilty to second-degree murder March 22, 2023.

According to court documents, Aug. 28, 2022, following a familial argument, Haceesa attacked a defenseless Jane Doe, who was his girlfriend of 10 years and the mother of his two children. Haceesa attacked Read More

FBI: Tse Bonito Man Pleads Guilty To Abuse Of Minor

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, announced Thursday that Gerald Lee pled guilty to sexual abuse of a minor.

Lee, 37, of Tse Bonito, and an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation, will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

According to court documents, May 15, 2021, Lee raped the victim, Jane Doe, who was 15 years old at the time, at his mother’s house within the exterior boundaries of the Navajo Read More

FBI: Albuquerque Man Gets 30 Years For Enticing Minor

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the FBI Albuquerque Field Office, announced Wednesday that Dominic Allan Marks was sentenced to 30 years in prison.

Marks, 37, of Albuquerque, pled guilty in federal court March 7, 2023, to enticement of a minor.

According to court documents, Nov. 9, 2022, the FBI obtained a federal search warrant for an address in Carlsbad associated with an online account for a fetish website that had been discussing the sexual molestation of a 9-year-old minor Read More

FBI: Shiprock Man Pleads Guilty To Assault Of 13-Month-Old Infant Facing Up To 10 Years In Prison

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, have announced that Myron Benally, 38, of Shiprock, and a registered member of the Navajo Nation, pled guilty in federal court to assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Benally will remain in custody pending sentencing, which has not been scheduled.

According to court documents, on June 27, 2019, Benally assaulted a 13-month-old infant in his care, causing serious bodily Read More

FBI: Woman Charged With Assault Resulting In Serious Bodily Injury Faces Up To 10 Years In Prison

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FBI News:

ALBUQUERQUE — Alexander M.M. Uballez, United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico, and Raul Bujanda, Special Agent in Charge of the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Albuquerque Field Office, has announced  that Jacquelyn Moore made an initial appearance in federal court on a criminal complaint charging her with assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Moore, 47, a registered member of the Navajo Nation, will remain on conditions of release pending trial, which has not been scheduled.

According to the criminal complaint, July 18, 2023, the victim, Jane Doe, was standing Read More